Odd, I was just having a conversation this weekend about how reassuring and
homey that sound is... of course, the conversation was in a corner of a
campsite, well populated with VW campers, so it may have been a biased
audience. :-)

Sadly, my own prized ride was home in my driveway... sidelined with a
failed starter. No problem getting to Maine and back the weekend before,
but try a nice short run *within* New Jersey, and she wouldn't start after
the dinner stop. :-/

At 05:18 PM 9/20/2005 -0700, Michael Elliott wrote:
>It's 6 am and all is quiet in the campground. I awaken, stretch, and get
>out of bed to get the water boiling under the kettle for that first cup
>of coffee. Nature calls. While others might keep a tank of human waste
>in their Westy, I just can't. No, I heed the call of the back of the
>nearby shrub. Or the nearly clean vault toilet up the road a piece. It
>was cleaned just last week. Easing the sliding door open, I step outside
>to take care of business. I return to Mellow Yellow and climb back
>inside. Mrs Squirrel is still drowsing under the covers, all I can see
>of her is her topknot, she ties her hair up like Pebbles Flintstones
>when she sleeps. I don't want to waken her. I close the sliding door --
>SssssshhhhhhhhhhTHUNK!!
>
>Mrs Squirrel startles. I hear the sound of frustrated cursing from
>nearby camp sites where the binge drinkers are shocked awake to
>crippling headaches, and sour stomaches, their tongues neatly cleaved to
>the roofs of their mouths.
>
>Has anyone found a way to make the closing of that sliding door a little
>more civilized?
>
>--
>
>Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
>84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>KG6RCR